iPhone 4: AT&T isn't the only thing stopping people from making calls

[MrPassion]

According to engadget, this was Jobs email response to a customer on reception issues. It's not the phone's fault it's the user's fault. So all you complaining about the Evo, just remember, it's your fault.

engadget link

Note: I couldn't find an iPhone thread so I posted it here.

To join that other famous quote: "Let them eat cake".

 

[dhinez]

I just read about this on phonedog.com. Funny stuff.

Apple's response to iPhone 4 reception problems is flabbergasting

 

[Upright]

If you are goning get yourself an iPhone 4 you better be prepared for Apple to tell you exactly how to hold it,....due to it's new antenna structure.


Steve Jobs to iPhone 4 Owners: Stop Holding the Phone Wrong

 

[Rob_A]

wow. lol,

The first worlds first "Right Handed" phone.

 

[ARR22]

It has just been released that at&t is releasing a portable micro cell to fix this problem. You can buy a backpack in the shape of an apple logo to hold it in, or wheel it around on the patented apple towing cart (called the "iCart"), a revolutionary new device that will tote the micro cell around on two patented rubber wheels with aluminum alloy rims that also improve signal strength. It also includes a 300 foot extension chord for extreme maneuverability and ease of use.


I read this from another blog I thought it was funny.http://androidforums.com/#

 

[ShoxV]

I thought iPown4 was supposed to have 40 hrs battery life? lol

Just reading that thread which was linked earlier for 5 minutes provided the fix for the battery issue, a hard reset.

 

[KGBWOLF]

How funny is this!! lol .... way to go Steve!!!

Apple's response to iPhone 4 reception problems is flabbergasting

 

[Vihzel]

Saw that earlier. I hope more Apple owners understand that Steve Jobs doesn't care about them... especially left-handed owners.

 

[GreedyBird]

actually, most right handed people probably do hold their phone in their right hand, to get their right hand free for other things, and for navigating the OS

 

[darreno1]

YouTube - iPhone 4 Antenna Flaw, Reception Problem-- Continuous, uncut version demonstrating reception loss

This says it all.

 

[Snow_Fox]

man.. I know you have to do things apples way..

But, thats pretty crazy.

 

[HustlinDaily]

I hate Apple probably more than the next guy but isn't this the same thing as HTC's response to the Nexus One 3G problems?

 

[Bnice]

Now all these folks waited in line for this phone but none of them will have the apples to go and return it.iphone owners get up and make a stand..

 

[ballisticn8]

hahaha, wow, really, thats the only response they have and they specifically have a phone case designed to fix that issue?!?

 

[cr0wnest]

LOL! Apple's response is pwnage.

 

[ianr]

I originally thought it was probably just people being a bit OTT given that if you wrap a Nexus One up in both your hands it drops down two bars at least but you don't have to hold the iPhone4 in a weird way to get it to fall off the network;

YouTube - iPhone 4 Signal / Antenna Issue When Holding Phone

A bit of a cock-up there. My N1 drops one bar max if I hold it that way.

Makes the N1 3G issues a few people have reported (no problems for me) look fairly tame, particularly for left-handed users.

Later update: Actually much worse than I thought;

http://bit.ly/b9XvcP

This chap's holding the phone lightly, like I hold my N1, and it falls totally off the network.

 

[Member12446]

oh, that's just terrible isn't it!

 

[t0ph0id]

Terrible design.

Apple employees will tell you it's much better for your iPhone to lose bars than for you to lose your iPhone in bars.

 

[ianr]

Apple slogans: "Think different, hold different"

 

[Rusty]

Dear me, that puts the 'flaky 3G' issue into perspective.

 

[ianr]

Haha, according to Mac Rumors the Nexus One and other phones suffer from the same issue!!

Mac Rumors: Apple Mac Rumors and News You Care About

My N1 drops one bar when I pick it up, and I can only get it to drop more if I place one hand behind the phone and the other over the front, covering the phone completely, then peek between my fingers, then it drops to one bar surprise surprise. Just the same as the iPhone4 falling off the net if you just pick it up normally

 

[techdaring]

Apple has just explain about this issue and telling people should change how to holding it. According Steve Jobs that:

Avoid to holding it that way

 

[jbuck1984]

So iphone 4 is having typical reception issues. Apple tells them to hold the phone a different way. Now im not really an android fanboy but have been an apple hater since they screwed up my music collection when i got my original ipod with their horrible software.... but this is just icing on the cake... http://tinyurl.com/3ymjup8

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[Hegemony]

Terrible design.

Apple employees will tell you it's much better for your iPhone to lose bars than for you to lose your iPhone in bars.

Why am I not seeing this joke everywhere?

 

[ari-free]

I hate Apple probably more than the next guy but isn't this the same thing as HTC's response to the Nexus One 3G problems?

The difference is, if one android OEM screws up (and I have no love for HTC for many other reasons), there are several others that can take its place. But if you are totally invested with iphone and they screw up there's nowhere to turn.

The other thing is that Apple made a big deal about how wonderful this new antenna is and instead we find that it is the source of a major usability problem.